餃子

See also: 饺子

Chinese

		dumplings with meat filling	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (餃子)		餃	子
simp. (饺子)		饺	子

Etymology

See 餃／饺 (jiǎo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiǎozi
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
(Chengdu, SP): jiao³ zi^3-2
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җёзы (ži͡ozɨ, II-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaau² zi²
(Taishan, Wiktionary): gau² du²
Gan (Wiktionary): jieu³ zi
Jin (Wiktionary): jiau³ zeh
Wu (Wiktionary): jiau tsr (T2); jiau tsr (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): jiau³ zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎozi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: jyǎu-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau.tzy
  - Palladius: цзяоцзы (czjaoczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    角子
    餃子／饺子
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jiao³ zi^3-2
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giaoz
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiau⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җёзы (ži͡ozɨ, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɔː⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² zi²
  - Yale: gáau jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gau² du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jieu³ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jiau³ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jiau tsr (T2); jiau tsr (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jiau³ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɒu⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

餃子

crescent-shaped dumpling; jiaozi; gyoza
(dialectal) wonton (Chinese dumpling stuffed with meat or seafood and vegetables)

Synonyms

(jiaozi):

Dialectal synonyms of 餃子 (“jiaozi dumpling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餃子
Mandarin	Beijing	餃子
	Taiwan	餃子
	Harbin	餃子, 扁食
	Yantai (Muping)	𩚩飵兒, 餃子, 水餃兒
	Jinan	包子, 餃子
	Luoyang	餃子, 扁食
	Wanrong	捏飯
	Xi'an	餃子
	Dingbian	餃子
	Yinchuan	餃子, 包子
	Lanzhou	餃子
	Xining	扁食, 餃子, 水餃
	Ürümqi	餃子
	Wuhan	餃子
	Chengdu	餃子
	Guiyang	餃子
	Liuzhou	餃子
	Xuzhou	餃子, 匾食
	Pizhou	餃子
	Ganyu	餃子, 彎彎順
	Yangzhou	餃子, 水餃
	Baoying	餃子
	Lianyungang	餃子
	Donghai	餃子, 元寶
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	餃子
	Xuyi	水餃子
	Nanjing	餃子
	Hefei	餃子
	Nantong	水餃兒
	Rugao	水餃兒
	Yancheng	餃子, 水餃子
	Funing	餃子
	Sihong	水餃
	Zhenjiang	餃子
	Singapore	餃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餃子
	Hong Kong	餃子
	Dongguan	餃子
	Yangjiang	餃子
Gan	Nanchang	餃子
	Lichuan	餃子
	Pingxiang	餃子
Hakka	Meixian	餃仔
Hakka	Yudu	餃子
Huizhou	Jixi	水餃
Jin	Taiyuan	扁食, 餃子, 角子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	餃仔, 水餃
Min Dong	Fuzhou	餃
Min Nan	Xiamen	水餃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	餃
	Manila (Hokkien)	餃
	Chaozhou	餃
	Haikou	餃子
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	角囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	餃子
Wu	Shanghai	餃子, 水餃
	Suzhou	餃子
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餃子
	Wuxi	餃子
	Changshu	餃子
	Haimen	餃子
	Changzhou	餃子
	Danyang	餃耳
	Gaochun	餃子
	Hangzhou	餃子
	Ningbo	餃子
	Wenzhou	餃兒, 水餃兒
	Jinhua	水餃
Xiang	Changsha	餃子
	Loudi	餃子
	Shuangfeng	餃子

(wonton):

Dialectal synonyms of 餛飩 (“wonton”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餛飩
Mandarin	Beijing	餛飩
	Taiwan	餛飩
	Tianjin	餛飩
	Langfang	餛飩
	Tangshan	餛飩
	Cangzhou	餛飩
	Baoding	餛飩
	Shijiazhuang	餛飩
	Daming	餛飩
	Chifeng	餛飩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	餛飩
	Harbin	餛飩
	Shenyang	餛飩
	Yantai (Muping)	餛飩
	Qingdao	餛飩
	Jinan	餛飩
	Luoyang	餛飩
	Zhengzhou	餛飩
	Xi'an	餛飩
	Dingbian	餛飩兒
	Yinchuan	餛飩
	Lanzhou	餛飩
	Xining	餛飩
	Ürümqi	餛飩
	Wuhan	水餃
	Chengdu	抄手兒, 抄手
	Chongqing	抄手兒
	Guiyang	餛飩
	Kunming	餛飩, 餃
	Guilin	餛飩
	Liuzhou	餛飩
	Xuzhou	餛飩, 貓耳朵
	Yangzhou	餛飩, 水餃, 餃子
	Nanjing	餛飩
	Hefei	餛飩, 餃子
	Nantong	餛飩
	Malaysia	雲吞
	Singapore	雲吞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雲吞
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雲吞
	Macau	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雲吞
	Foshan	雲吞
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雲吞
	Foshan (Shunde)	雲吞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雲吞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雲吞
	Taishan	雲吞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雲吞
	Enping (Niujiang)	雲吞
	Heshan (Yayao)	雲吞
	Dongguan	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雲吞
	Yangjiang	雲吞
	Nanning	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	雲吞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雲吞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Penang (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Móng Cái	雲吞
Gan	Nanchang	清湯
Gan	Pingxiang	包麵
Hakka	Meixian	雲吞, 餃仔
	Xingning	餛飩
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雲吞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雲吞
	Conghua (Lütian)	雲吞
	Changting	扁食
	Wuping	餛飩
	Liancheng	扁食
	Ninghua	扁食
	Ruijin	清湯
	Shicheng	清湯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	清湯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	扁食
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扁食
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扁食
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扁食
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Senai (Huiyang)	雲吞
Huizhou	Shexian	餛飩, 點心
Jin	Taiyuan	餛飩
	Xinzhou	餛飩
	Linhe	餛飩
	Jining	餛飩
	Hohhot	餛飩
	Zhangjiakou	餛飩
	Handan	餛飩
Min Bei	Jian'ou	扁食
Min Dong	Fuzhou	扁肉, 扁食
Min Nan	Xiamen	扁食
	Quanzhou	扁食
	Zhangzhou	扁食
	Taipei	扁食
	Taipei (Wanhua)	扁食
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	扁食
	Kaohsiung	扁食
	Yilan	扁食
	Changhua (Lukang)	扁食
	Taichung	扁食
	Taichung (Wuqi)	扁食
	Tainan	扁食
	Taitung	扁食
	Hsinchu	扁食
	Kinmen	扁食
	Penghu (Magong)	扁食
	Penang (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Manila (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Chaozhou	餃
	Shantou	餃
	Jieyang	餃
	Haifeng	扁食
	Bangkok (Teochew)	餃
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雲吞
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	雲吞
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	雲吞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雲吞
Wu	Shanghai	餛飩
	Shanghai (Chongming)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	餛飩
	Suzhou	餛飩
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Wuxi	餛飩
	Changshu	餛飩
	Kunshan	餛飩
	Jiaxing	餛飩
	Changzhou	餛飩
	Liyang	餛飩
	Yixing	餛飩
	Danyang	餛飩
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	餛飩
	Jingjiang	餛飩
	Jiangyin	餛飩
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	餛飩
	Hangzhou	餛飩
	Shaoxing	餛飩
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	餛飩
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	湯包
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	湯包
	Ningbo	餛飩
	Yuyao	餛飩
	Zhoushan	餛飩
	Huangyan	餛飩
	Wenzhou	餛飩
	Quzhou	餛飩
	Jinhua	餛飩
	Yiwu	餛飩
	Yongkang	餛飩
Xiang	Changsha	餛飩
	Loudi	餛飩
	Shuangfeng	餃子

Hyponyms

(jiaozi): 鍋貼／锅贴 (guōtiē), 煎餃／煎饺 (jiānjiǎo), 水餃／水饺 (shuǐjiǎo)

Derived terms

水餃／水饺 (shuǐjiǎo)
蒸餃／蒸饺 (zhēngjiǎo)

餃子館／饺子馆 (jiǎoziguǎn)

Descendants

→ English: jiaozi
→ Japanese: 餃子 (gyōza)
- → English: gyoza

Japanese

餃子 (gyōza): a plate of raw dumplings or potstickers, ready to be fried, boiled, or steamed.

Kanji in this term
餃	子
ぎょう Hyōgaiji	ざ Grade: 1
kan’yōon	irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 餃子／饺子,[1][2][3] possibly from a Mandarin variety without significant palatalization (i.e. *giaozi), or from a non-Mandarin variety of Chinese. Compare also Korean 교자 (餃子, gyoja).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎょーざ [gyòózá] (Heiban – [0])[3][1]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːza̠]

Noun

餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) • (gyōza)

gyoza: a kind of dumpling or potsticker with a thin skin, traditionally made with minced pork and then fried, boiled, or steamed

Derived terms

焼(やき)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (yaki gyōza), 焼(や)き餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (yaki gyōza): pan-fried gyoza
揚(あげ)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (age gyōza), 揚(あ)げ餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (age gyōza): deep-fried gyoza
水(すい)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (suigyōza): boiled gyoza
蒸(むし)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (mushi gyōza), 蒸(む)し餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (mushi gyōza): steamed gyoza

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN